I-- Don't think the issue was with the mangaka- The seme was a douchebag tbh, so that was totally on his character, not on the mangaka's preferences.
Hmm yeah, but the characters are written by the mangaka, and "if you like taking it you're a slut" trope is way too common in manga (be it het. or not)
It is true it is a trope. And a cliched one at that- But generally, when authors write the character, even when they follow trends, it is not always or usually that they would follow the same beliefs they do. Most of the time, it is because the trends exist and they are popular that they follow them in the first place even if they don't exactly agree with it. Because 1) it is fictional and there are people who separate, in their minds, fiction from reality and don't mind portraying such things in fiction. And 2) following trend = money making
I get (and agree with) your point, but that doesn't mean there aren't lots of people who think that way and carry such ideas, be it among readers or not.
Mmmm that is true. I guess that ends up falling into the question of "whether WE believe that was the mangaka's intention or not" as we don't have the means to ask them or see their thoughts through twitter (unless someone knows japanese and even bothers enough to do so). As for if the readers think of that or not- well, the target readers in the first place are people with a mentality already formed (aka 18+ peeps). That, thus, ends up falling onto the question of whether they already had a predisposition to believe in such thing or not, which is the same as that talk about "violence in games incentives people to engage in real life violence"... And also was not the point which we were discussing, but the mangaka's view on it. Imo, nonetheless, that is not on the mangaka at all, who I rlly believe had no such intentions (at least in this work). Well, tho again- Since I do not know them, follow them or am able to talk to them, all both you and I have is the belief of whether they meant it or not-
I agree with and love everything you said! (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
agreed! Such powerful and positive words for readers like me who enjoy reading comments after the manga and don't want to hear any violent reactions to the story as it felt for me like degrading the value of the mangaka's work or just ruining the mood. Everyone should learn from this guy
Liked it up to the point where he said he lost interest in him because black haired guy openly enjoyed it ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I hope manga artists do know that it's normal for bottoms (regardless of their sex and gender actually) to want and openly enjoy sex